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University of Denver

 Organization

Biography

The first reference to Colorado Seminary was in The Rocky Mountain News of November 27, 1862: “ a board of Trustees, composed of the solid men of Denver, has been organized to superintend the erection of a seminary building… for an academic education.”

Sources

Breck, "From the Rockies to the World"

Biography

University of Denver votes to adopt quarter system in 1929.

Sources

"University Adopts New Quarter Plan; Vote Unanimous," The Denver Clarion, vol. 34, no. 19, November 26, 1929, 1.

Biography

First year Hillel organization features full programming at DU

Citation:
Jan. 30, 1974, letter to faculty, U172._.0003, Hillel folder

Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:

First Baccalaureate Service of the University of Denver, 1884 June 15

 Item
Identifier: U138.0001.0001.00006
Abstract

Program for the University of Denver (DU) Baccalaureate service, Tabor Opera House, Denver Colorado, 11 a.m., June 15th 1884. Sermon by the Right Rev. Bishop Warren, DU Trustee and later co-founder of the Iliff School of Theology.

Dates: 1884 June 15

"Freedom and Education", 1949 August 26

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Identifier: U138.0001.0045.00005
Abstract

Text of the commencement address "Freedom and Education" given by Chancellor Alfred C. Nelson, delivered at the University of Denver, August 26, 1949.

Dates: 1949 August 26

If the Young Can But See!, 1937 June 9

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Identifier: U138.0001.0031.00002
Abstract

Commencement address by Dr. Glenn Frank delivered at the University of Denver, June 9, 1937.

Dates: 1937 June 9

"Is There a Time Like This?", 1966 June 9

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Identifier: U138.0002.0024.00010
Abstract

Text of the Baccalaureate address by Chancellor Chester M. Alter delivered at the University of Denver, June 9, 1966.

Dates: 1966 June 9

J.E. Slater Commencement Address University of Denver August 13, 1976, 1976 August 13

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Identifier: U138.0004.0008.00002
Abstract

Text of the commencement address by J. E. Slater, delivered at the University of Denver, August 13, 1976.

Dates: 1976 August 13

"Justice in America- The Ideal and the Reality", 1976 August 13

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Identifier: U138.0004.0008.00003
Abstract

Text of the summer commencement address "Justice in America - The Ideal and the Reality" by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, delivered at the University of Denver, August 13, 1976.

Dates: 1976 August 13

"Living Democracy", 1948 June 6

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Identifier: U138.0001.0044.00007
Abstract

Text of the baccalaureate address "Living Democracy" by James F. Price, delivered at the University of Denver, June 6, 1948.

Dates: 1948 June 6

"Looking Ahead in Education", 1954 August 20

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Identifier: U138.0002.0002.00002
Abstract

Text of the commencement address "Looking Ahead in Education" by Samuel Miller Brownell, Commissioner of Education, Department of Heath, Education, and Welfare, U.S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C., delivered at the University of Denver, August 20, 1954.

Dates: 1954 August 20

Michele Bloom, Speech and Communication Analysis, 1994 January

 File
Identifier: U109.01.0001.0032
Abstract

This folder contains a speech given by Michele ''Mike'' Bloom, and a draft of a piece about Communication Analysis.

Dates: 1994 January

"On Human Resources and Sustaining the Nation's Future", 1990 June 9

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Identifier: U138.0006.0003.00002
Abstract

Text of the commencement address by Hon. Arthur Allen Fletcher, Chairman, U.S. Commission of Civil Rights, delivered at the University of Denver, June 9, 1990. In his speech, Arthur Allen Fletcher encouraged graduates to assume a leadership role building a brand new America. An America that far exceeds the one they inherited.

Dates: 1990 June 9